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Any DIY guides for removing amber reflector off headlights?

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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Default Any DIY guides for removing amber reflector off headlights?

Yeah I need to do this, the amber reflector is so ugly :/
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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google it
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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Commonly referred to as the "clear corner mod"

PLENTY of DIY's and how-to's floating around the interwebz, probably even a few on this very forum...
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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I did google it, the only ones I found was for the b6... the amber light is different..
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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diy clear corners are uglier
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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^This. It leaves big black holes where the amber reflector snapped into the chrome headlight housing. Thats why I left the amber on mine. I've got stock xenon with auto-leveling and I don't wanna jack them up by doing this mod.
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:44 PM
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x3

Looks ghetto.
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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I'll live, I think the amber looks worse than 3 small black holes
 
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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No, you made this bigger then what it could've been bud. you gotta do it now
 
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